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jL A STRANGE_CASE. TUB I'KC'I'I.IAR IMSEASF. WIT!' VUliii a VOUNU MAN WAS ATTACKED. Fell n? Tlmnalt Ho W?? IIpIiii Scmirlird null Htlirn h? n ('lit llmv Ho Wp? CurPi', From thr 77u# i.l'i ln.,urr n iff I r**!' 13towfr.\ Not lomj Ago the o liter jj the finmeirad n letter vliioa lit llrst w.is ile? rlilo'lly puz/.llug. It oontniued a request from the editor o' the F-irm-r mi l Fruit 'I'rorKTt# Inlorviow W, II. Dryue, oi Holly Hill, on tin; subject o.* I'iit'c l'llls, nod what ho knew about (lio n. Tlio odilo.* was not familiar with Pink Fills, but, knowing froru (ho letter thai thoie was some! hing interesting behiuil it all, lie determine 1 to in vest U gitle, Mr. Bryuo was fount with liis son putting on the lluishiug touches to oao oi'.lu hauilsomo new houses at Bidgowood Avenue and Dayton Street. Catching a ino.nont when the father quit polishing tho celling with his trowel an 1 descended for inoro material, the scribe approached tho subject an laske I him to kindly relate his experience with Fink Fills. "Oh ! Pink Fills, is it? All right, only tl is n.y run horo, W. II. Bryn *, Jr., that von want to see." So the young man, tho top <?f whoso hea 1 wno s uapmg in? n?ain?, which his fathor missed by (wo inches, came down from c?o ceafTold with a smiling face and commenced "t will cheerfully loll you my experience with Fink Fills if you wish. You soe, a year ago. I was all drawn up wiih aching pains ail *?vcr mc. Folks said it was this, that and the other, but whatever It was 1 (clt as if I was an eighty-year-old chronic rheumatic patient, or had a p rsislont -- ego of honebreak fever. lloth legs, both arms, both shoulder; an I every joint in mo would ache and kept aching until I felt sure I was to bo ji miserable cripple the r.-si of my life. . "Didn't I have the blurs i Here 1 was only is, racked with joint torturing pain that 1 ' ui I not cure, and all the pleasure gone fro n life, * If a few drops of rain fell on mo; if a little breeze struck m"; if tho weather changed a few degrees. I would fool as if 1 bad been stretched <?a a rack. In tho morning I would be stiiY and sore all over At night. wlcn I should rest from, my day's work. those pains wonlil go at ino at hammer, tongs and pim-cr fashion, anil I wonlit tool an if a black to:i:-cat was clawing and gnawing mo. You can imagine what kind of a Uine I ha<l! 1'hlo went on ami on until 1 just got tired I trying to live. But one ilay I saw in a Camilla paper, father takes, an account of a .uulicino called Or. Williams" l ink i~iiis, relating some womlorful cures thoy had made in New York State. I determined to fry tt. Kill or cure?L should have risked the kill?ttg?for 1 had got to the point where I didn't care much whether I lived or died. "I sent for some of the pills, and the long and short of it is, the flrst box did mo so much goo 1 I sent for more, and then?well you know what a raging toothache or a boil is and how goo 1 you felt when it quit torturing you. That's the way I felt, nud I tell you I have such a vivid feeling of relief and buoyancy that I feel almost like a hirl on tho wing." Or. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a eon dense.! form, all iho elements necessary to give new life and riohuess to the blood and restore shattered uerves. They arc an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effects of la grippe, pal |ii(ntion of the heart, pnlo and sallow complexions, that tired feeling resulting front nervous prostration : ail diseases resulting from vittal'* I humors in the blooil. such an scrofula, chronic iwysip 'las, etc. Tliey are also a specific for trou'des peculiar to females. such as suppressions, irregularities, and all forms of weakness. I?r. Williams' l'iuk Mills are not a patent medicine in the sense that name implies. Thoy were llrst compounded as a prescription and used as such in general practice by an eminent physician. So great was their enieney t hat it was deemed wise to place them within the reach of all. Thev are now manufactured by the l>r. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, X. V., an 1 Broekvillo, Ont.. and are sold in boxes t never in loose iorm l?y I lie dozen or hundred, an I the public are cautioned against numerous imitation' sold in this shape) at ">') cents a, cox, ?.rsix boxes for 12.50, and may be had of till druggists or direct by mall front Dr. Williams' M"djejn" Company from eilher address Mother Mandki.bai'm, thooneo notorious Ne w York "fence," recently died nt Hamilton, Canada. j Yf**kS Mr. Iahi(s A. Wroe linger <l??wu. M'l. Nigh Unto Death Sound nsa Dollar AfterTaking Five Bottles of Hood's. "In the >prin? of l">?H win taken w ith severe Viins in ni\ lirtNiM so f tin I I could hardly htraiulden myself up. I could not sleep at iiririn linn snort ty alter I was taken with night sweats. I had no appetite and when I did fat I Became Deathly Sick. Thru large Ittinp-, the size of a lien's egg form ed upon ttoth side- of my n?-? Vc. I opened them and i lose I.\ followed the doctor's directions. Tint I grew worse and the hair commenced to tall oft" my head. Finally. I heird so mm li tnlk about Hood's Sarsap i' i.!l<t I decided to take it i continued until I took five bottles which cur?<d me as s mud as a dollar, and from that time r.ntil now I have not had a sick day and have Hood's*#1* Cures not felt the slightest effects of rheumatism." , h. A. W'a u:.:.''. IVo-pei i St.. Hii'jer.stown. Md. Ilood'n I'IIIn arc pr nn t and < ft! i ait, yet ea?y In action Sold hy a'l drii.ists1?. Vi cent ?. Jnntiitry I'2 per rent. IT IO February I II " IT IT ' Tin reli I M " "IT H " TOT A lo MT per cent. AVe have paid to one customer* In 7.T day*. Profits paid twice ea a month. money can 0e withdrawn any time; $.>j togiujucan t>? InveateJ; write for Information. I'lsllElt itCII., Honker* nnd llrokera, IS auil ft) llrnnilitiv. Xm? Varli. w. I.. T?0|'0I,AS G3 SilOB eejuals custom work, costing from 1 GVMIfTMt S v*'"e l"t the money j. ^tuUiiig ,n ,vc,j(| N.iiue and price r /WELT, \* ilimpcd on thp ho-toip. Kvery # ?A pair warranted. Take no subMI / lu'e. hee local papers for full B Bfrrr.uU/trcns description </f our complete fi^TeMWIEPpa^k l.nei for j,d.c* and ge... w~ ~f.^9v.t'ernen ?r *cb^ '?r ,iW'le"wCLj^ t. ?~~<f\^iustrated Catologut T^SSSianit I ' i 'er^i ~ - . _ f / rtructiuns rWjSr/uttit srrui*8 ? how to or. ricrbvm.nl I'u t icr frre, You can get the best Ki.-oin cl d '.iTr , svho push our shoes. s. N. U.- id [ THE FAITIIFUI- HEART, "j ,whotr??-*r i am ioa oy fat**. In regions wild and desolate. Or In the hurrying crowd, more rude And alien far than solitude, One blessed truth in sHuo and storm, Oonso'es my heart nud keeps it warm i One tender soul, through good nnd ill, Remember*, holds, nnd helps mo still. lu mountain gorge, on troolesH plain,. In weary wnstes unblest by rain, Or selllsh cities, lonelier far Thau wilderness nn l desert aro, One face is ever by my side, My shield nud guardinu, friend and guide ; A face (hat none but I can see? The face cf her who thinks of mo. Though miles ca miles stretch wearily Ret ween that Inlthfu) heart and me, I know its uuforgettlng graco Can bridge all distance, time and space, Can send n blessing from nfnr However wido my wanderings arc, And lie. wherever T may stray. My lire by night, my cloud by day. I spread my hlnnket on the ground, Remote from human sight nnd soun 1, And ns my senses swim to sleop Amid the silence wide and deep. The wind by which my cheek is fanned | Seems like her kind, caressing ha^d, .inn in eaon VMiiaeiiu* at,.., i ,?Q The face of hor who prays for me, O tender light, shine softlier yet! O watchful eyes, do not forget! O helpful heart, my strength ren?w. And keep me safe, nnd hold me true! O gentle face, still kindly beam, Sustain my son1, inspire my dream, Re now and always, near an I far. Jlv hone, mv irlll.lr. mv nnlnmlnf' ? Elisabeth Akrrs, in Worthington'?. THAT VITAL CLEW. C\ ILBERT STAN* ? < lived i n nP^7 chnjit I) c r s in j f \V White's Inn and \ wns reading for ?A pj *'le ^nr- Wild, wh? justified his * Mki\^ name, was nil old _T*iwjJk\. ccHcgy ucquuintauco who hadat'Hl/? A! i\& lO'Qpted several w t^v vi/l things in life and Jjp'diM fniled in nil. r\ i Oilhert had not 9 lj seen him in aevelj eral yearn, when ' Wild turned up nt his chambers and nnuouueed that he wfts "stoue broke." Stanton reproached Wild for his dissipated habits, and declined to lender liini any assistance. Raymond Wild was hot blooded and high words ensued. The quarrel wm at its heigh* when Mrs. Morton, Gilbert's old laundress, who had been completing her morning duties in another room, closed the door of the chambers and passed out. Shortly afterward the tempera of I tlie two men cooled. Wild apologized for some offensive remarks he had made, and they shook hands. Gilbert now promised to do his best to help his old acquaintance, and iuvi ed Wild to remain an hour while he went to keep nn appointment. Wheu Gilbert Htanton returned he mounted the stairs to the ttoor of liia chambers, but did not immediately enter. He stoo l for a few minutes on the landing, considering what courso he should adopt with regard to the man inside. Ah he leane 1 against the door, smoking a cigarette, ho was startled by a loud explosion inside. He hastily unlocked flic door and went in. Stretched upon the lloor was Raymond Wild?dead! The evidence at the inquest was simply this: The police, when called in, had found the dead body ot a man, identified as Raymond Wild, with a bullet wound in his head. A revolver was also discovered which Gilbert Stanton had admitted was his, and | the contents of one chamber had been discharged. Mr. Stanton had said: "The man committed suicide. I was not iusido ihe chambers at the time.'' "N illinin Carey, a solicitor's clerk, | depdose that he was looking out of the office window on the ground floor when ho saw Mr. Gilbert Stanton enter the building, and heard hint run up the stairs. About five minutes afterward?certainly when ample time had elapsed for Mr. Stanton to enter his chambers ? he heard the explosion. Eliza Morton, Mr. Stanton's laundress. had admitted the deceased on the morning in question, and noticed when leaving that the two gentlemen were "having some words." His defense was that Wild had found the revolver during his absence; that hp was standing outside the door of his chambers, as wo have described, w hen the shot was fired : that, although they had quarreled they were on pacific terms when he went out, and that the deceased had left a written confession of his own guilt and Gilbert's innocence. But where was this written confession V Gilbert Stanton declared that he found it on the bed room mantel piece, but during the excitement of the hour had mysteriously lost or mislaid it. He had searched everywhere for it, but without avail. He distinctly remembered that, after examining the body, he placed the paper on a small table in front of him, and glancing out of the window, saw a policeman in the quadrangle. He at once decided to call the constable and ran downstairs to do so. leaving his door ajar. On his return the paper had disappeared, and he never saw it afterward. The most diligent search had failed to discover it. ''Now, Mrs. Morton." said Edith as they stood alone in the chambers, "this is a matter of life and death. That piece of paper must ho found." "Yes. miss," was the laundress* commonplace reply. "First of all you must please answer very carefully some questions I shall put t-> you. Did you <>11 that day destroy any paper?" "No, miss." "Have you destroyed or removed any since?" "Not a scrap, miss. You see there ain't no tires this timeo' the year, ami llie little cooking 1 does is all done on , the gas stove." Everything was being jrsc.' U|> side 11 dow n nml inside out, when Edith suddenly stopped. "Do you remember whether the wiu- ' dows were open on that day?" she asked. "Yes, miss; Mr. Stanton always use ] to 'ave's winders open. ' 'Well, just open them as they would be if he were here." The woman did as she was bid. Edith then placed a piece of paper on the table where Gilbert said ho had laid tho confession, the door leading into the bed room and the entrauoe door hav ing first been opened. There w-os considerable draught, uud the papev trembled on the table. rpruaps uura wnsraorc niron irini day," said Etlitli. "I will substitute a lighter piece of paper." This she did, ami n'.rr.ost immediate* ' ly it was caught by a eurrent, and it j liuttered across the room. As it fell on the lloor they were startled to seo ' a little kitten spring from the open doorway and pounce upon tlio paper, rolling over and over with it in her I teeth." "Lor', miss," suddenly broke in ' Mrs. Morton, "now T remember! When thy gent shot 'isself 1 wua workin-? in the 'ousc opposite, ami came bunk to see what \>as the matter. That little kittcu belongs to the parly in the next set, and when f oiinio up to the landing she was playing just like that with a bit o' paper, which shy runs away with and leaves uu the stairs. * "Ye.*," said Edith, in breathless eagerness. "Well, paper about the stairs looks go untidy, miss, so I picked it up and--" "What did you do with it?" "I threw it in the pail with the other rubbish."" For the second time the contents o[ the pail was emptied by the luuudresa and carefully examined. It. was absolutely certain that the paper w.is not there. E lith sent the laundress home, shut herself in the tolitary chambers and began the hunt afresh. Next morning she returned to her , hopeless task. Mrs. Morton she ha 1 relieved from further attendance, and was walking up ?ud tlown the chnmhers in thought when there camo n knock at the door. It was the hinu- , dress herself. "J know where that bit o' paper is, miss! 1 stays a hit in the kitchen-- , just to seo if 1 might he of any use, you understand? and while I was waiting T puts a new caudle in th?> candlestick. Them 'nines' is rather small for the candlestick, so I takes a hit o* paper out o' the pail to make it fit. Come into the bed room, iuiss. , Why, it's gone." burnt the candle very low nu t tin paper took lire!" "And you burnt it, miss!" "Only slightly, I remember. 1 < blew it out, threw the paper away an 1 < put in a new candle that I removed i from the piano. I threw it un lor the 1 grate. Thank heaven, we have found 1 it at last !" ] "There is nothing here, miss," said 1 the woman on her knees. "The grate is quite empty! You can take my ' word fur it, that paper's bewitched." "I don't care whether it is bewitched or not," said Edith. "I menu to find it. Fetch me that magnifying glass from the table in the next room." Edith removed the fender and carefully examined the dust that Mrs. Morton's not over scrupulous elonnlino : had allowed to accumulate. "I thought as much," she said. "Mice! They have been attracted by the caudle grease, and have dragged the paper to their hole." They searched around about everywhere, but no mouse hole could be found. Edith then directed the woman to mix a quantity of whiting, which she placed in a large flat dish in the floor in the middle of the room. Tn the I dish was laid a small saucer, and in that a piece of toasted cheese. When they returned thero was a track of little white footprints across , the room that led to a little hole above the narrow skirting board, hidden by ' a loose piece of wall paper. A man was called in, and after f breaking down some of the plaster and taking un a corner of the flooring, the coveted scrap of paper was at last so- | curctl. The confession was in part destroyed, and required very delicate handling*, but when the precious rolio had been carefully mounted on another piece of uaper it was found to read as , follows, the words in parentheses being supplied on supposition: 44 (I am) sick of my life and fro- , solve) to put an end to it. In case bus- i picion falls on Gilbert Stanton (he is) ( innocent. I die (by my) own hand. 44Raymoni> Wild." ] Edith is now Mrs. Stanton, and her husband insists that he owes his life to < the persistent and intelligent manner ] in which she followed up that vital 1 and mysterious clew. 1 The ** Elephant 9l.ii).'' The person whose name will go into the book that will some day lie com- , piled on "Curiosities Respecting' Hn man Heings" as the "Elephant Man," , died in u London hospital in the early | part of the year 1890. The poor fellow was afflicted with two of the most I terrible diseases known to the phv- 1 sicians and surgeons?overgrowth of i the bones and tumorous excrescences 1 of the skin. Two enormous bony out- 1 growths developed on his forehead, and later on the bones of the upper i jaw, nose, right arm and both feet grew to gigiiutie proportions. The skin disease caused great tluplike ( masses of ttesb to hang from different portions of his body, particularly from the face and head. The nose was the facial feature upon which the dis eatse seemed to have taken special spite, the overgrowth of bone, flesh ttuii skiu causing it to linug flown Runs to give the man a very repulsive, elephantine appearance. Justbofore his death, the head, which had been in creasing in si/.o with won lerful rapid ity for about four years, attained such proportions that the neck eou'd 110 longer hold it erect. During the whole of the last, year of Ins life he slept in a crouching position, with hi* hands clasped around his legs and hi. ' MiorinouH heed resting ?ni his knees " and arms. St. Louis Itepublie, ? } .+ 5PURS ON THEIR WINGS. 3tTRIOtJS WEAPONS WITH WHICH SOME BIRD3 ARE ARMED. Fowls That Are Horn FijhlfrsSoutli AmericanScreamers Armed With Stilettos?Earliest of Birds. rr C~~lf OME birds have qnoer ways 1'^ of doing battle," said OsJ teologist Lucas, of the Smiths&tiinn Institution, to i Washington Star writer. "They not only tight 'tooth aud claw,' but svnn their wings buffet the adversary ibout the head. The swan is a famous fighter aud cau deliver a tremendous wing blow. The common pigeon, though held up a* a type of gentleness, uses its wings in conflict with much effect. In fact, there nre few birds of more quarrelsome disposition or more given to picking upon their weaker ueighhorfc "The pigeon is a skillful boxer, guarding with one wing aud striking with the other. It strikes its adversary about the head with its 'wrist'? that is, the part which people who nre not anatomists call the 'shoulder.' If you will carefully part the feathers on the outer edge of a pigeon's wing, near the bend, you will find a small bare spot a blunt, well-marked horny prominence. It i3 with this that the blow is iuflieted. "There are some geese in Africa which have pinions peculiarly armed. One of the wrist bones projects considerably beyond tlio other and ia capped with a sharp spur. Plovers nre particularly remarkable for the spurs on their wings. In some species, which have small spun, the weapon increases in size at the breeding senson, so as to become available for fighting. A small and quarrelsome kind of plover is very abundant in t northeast Africa, Its restless habits ? for night and day it is perpetually on the move ? aro explaine 1 by an Arab tradition to the cfleet that on account of former laziness it. ban been condemned to live in a state of perpetual unrest. "The largest of the South American spurred plovers ranges southward to Patagonia, and is armed with a long, vicious-looking spur just at the bar.o of the metatarsus. I was about to say thumb,' but it seems probable, a-i I shall presently explain to you, that turns Ioug ago lost their tuiiiulis, and thnt the middle linger has eouie to do duty in its place. "The South American screamers are the most formidable of spur-wing"-! birds. They are related to the ducks, though thov don't look it. They have two spurs on each wing?one a short nlTiir, the other an ugly, throe-sided, stiletto-like blade, almost as sharp as a needle. In fact, it is not unlike part of one of those large needles used by sailmakers and known as 'roping needles.' It could doubtless be driven clear through a man's hand by a stroke of the bird's powerful wing. Yet the screamers are peaceable birds, associating amicably in large flocks, so thnt this equipment of spurs, like our modern ironclads, may be strictly in the interest of pence. "Some birds have claws on their wings. These appendages 6cr>*e no purpose as weapons and apparently ire of 110 use nt nil to the grown-up bi^ds, but merely to the young. You may, perhaps, have seen the Florida gallinulo pulling itself up some little incline by its wings, somewhat as a bat h >oks itself along. The claws on the wings which thus servo as hooks irn frnnnnnf ntnnttnr \v*at??v liir.lu "Without h knowledge of fossil birds, through which we arc able to trace the history and development of leathered creatures, it might be knrd to c.vplain the presence of these claws, but, if we regard rudimentary organs in existing forrus as shadows of the past and vestiges of coinplr.tr? useful parts, t he reason for the claws is clear. " Foe earliest, bird of which we know anything was the archaeoptcryx. A bugle fossil specimen has been dug out from the lithographic slate beds of Bavaria. This creature seems not only f:0 have had wings for flying, but hands for climbing. In the wing arc three well-formed clawed lingers, by means of which the bird could tinlonbtedly climb about very rapidly. It is a long jump from the archaeoptcryx to the next most ancient type of bird known, Rut, fortunately, there ik a bird still living, and not uncommon in parts of South America, which ljoch some distance toward bridging :?ver the gap between this biped with slaws and the gallinule. The bird of which I speak, 011 account of its many peculiarities, stands quite alone among modern birds. It is looked upon as a survivor of ft great group of birds which has become extinct. It is called the hoatzm. "Now, the adult hontzin not only has no claws on its wings, but its 'thumb*' nve so poorly developed that one would hardly suspect that in the nestlings we have the nearest approach Ion quadruped found among existing birds. Soon after the hatching of the eggs the young ones begin to crawl about by means of their wings aud legs, the well-developed claws on the 'thumb' and index being constantly in use for holding and hooking on to surrounding objects. If they are drawn from the nest by their legs, they cling firmly to the twigs with l?'ll and wings. The nestlings, even while small, are frequently found far away from the nest, climbing by the help of their claws after the parent birds. If any enemy approaches, they rawl out of the nest and hide in the thicker bush close by. j "Not the least of tho many interestin'? features of the hontzin is the rapid elmuge which takes placo in tho forelimb during the growth of the bird, by which the hand of the nestling, with its well-developed and clawed fingers, becomes the elawless wing of the old bird. It gives us, as it were, ar sj/itouio of ilie pant history of birds, and, as the ovects of a century are summed up in a page of history, so 1lie slow process of birds in their development from the nrehmopteryx to the thrush of to-dny is represented by a few weeks in the life of the hoatziu.'' The practice of ocean traveling for ho sake of health was known to the neionl (Jreek physicians, but it later *11 into disrepute. Higncst oi ail in Leavening Fowc m. ^ asisssa Abmlvti WISE WORDS. ) "Impossible" is not French.?Na- | polt-ou. Auger manages everything badly.? St.ad in s. He had a face liko a benediction.? Cervantes. Past all shame, so past all truth.? Shakespeare. Architecture is frozen music.? Madame do Stael. When all else is lost, the future still remains.?Bovee. Ambition is the mind's immodesty. ?Sir W. Davcnant. The first of the new in our race's story beats the lr.st of the old. ?Browning. Most men, until by losing rondered sager, will back their opinions by a wager.- - Byron. Walk boldly aud wisely in the light thou hnst; there is a hand above will ' help thee on.?Bailey. He draweth out the thread of his t verbosity finer than the staple of his argumeut. ?Shakespenre. The gem cannot bo polished without friction, nor man perfected without ! trials. ?Chinese Proverb. Trust not him with your secrets who, ' when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.?Lnvater. A person is always startled wlion he j nears uimscit seriously caiio i oiu lor the first time.?O. W. Holmes. Men nre generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs th in of their children. Pcau. Loving kindness is greater than i laws; and the charities of life are greater than all ceremonies.?Talmud. Exact. justice is commonly more merciful in the long run than pity, for it tends to foster in men those stronger qualities which make thom good citizens. ?Lowell. The weakest living creature, l?y concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something. : The si congest, by disposing of his over many, may fail to accomplish anything. The drop, by continually falling, bores its passage through the hardest rock. The hasty torrent rushes over it with hideotiR uproar and loaves no traco behind.?Carlyle. Traveling Tor, Fast to He Wrecked. The passengers in tlie (treat Western express due at Stroud at 10 last night, had a marvelous escape. Timber felling was in progress near Brimscombe, and the trunk of a tree fifty feet long slid down from the embankment and as the express came up projected over the line. The train, which was going sixty miles ail hour, cut through a portion <>T the trunk live feet six inches in circumference and shattered the remainder. The shock was felt by 1he passengers, an I on stopping at Stroud the engine guard*unci steam pipe were found to be damaged. The ollieials nre of opinion th it had the brake been applied or tlu train been going at less speed, it would have been wrecked.--London Tclograph. Dog* Fiercer Than Wolves. A pack of three wolves and two dogs nre running together east of that city. Those who have observed the animals say that the dogs are the lenders of the pack, and that thev are much more ferocious than the wolves. The dogs approaeti the ranches in a fearless manner, and bring the wolves up where they can do most damage.? Laramie (Wyoming) Boomerang. *-TA. c OK OHIO. ( TT OK t'or.Kno, ( Lucas County. I Kiiank-I. i'iiinRV inalo-i on! ii i li.il h.-istli-en'.er e it (in-i-- l I lie lirilt ?: F. .1. ClillNKV <* <?., il iini; ! -si u-si In ' a* City Toledo 'Intuit v aa 1 Statenfor -saitl.an I i tint saiil lini .viII |>a> I n- sum of ON'K lU'N'PHKit DOLLAR * for noli am. -ii" y i-n.-o oi l' - iari li I liat i innot !u-eitre-l Ii, 111 use--f It vt.'.'si 'atakimi urtlk. fiiaxk .1. olihnky. worn t? ' i-foie ino mil -ul?soi-il?c I iu my pre - tii--.1, i hi ii i il iy f 'oi oinl? r. \ 1) Dsn. . ? ' - . A. W. (il.RASON, ? SKA!. > ' ~ .V / r . I'lih 'e. I lull's i 'a - arr'i I'uro is taken niornni y i.tnl net s ilireetly mi toe lilo -il ami nnieoti - .-urlaecs o; K. .1. CiiKxr.v & Co., Tola !o. O. {IT'S mI by I>r i if 7 V. Natural gas hns been found Jn large quantities near Fairflold, Iowa. Mhllvll1* <11 rr Is sold on a guar mCai. It < nri s Incipient Consumption; it i? tnc B ?t Cough C'urr;?>o., fiOr., Jt is proposed to establish a lino of whnlnbaolv steamers to run between Baltimore, Mil., and Tnmpico, Mexico. it.-, lio\iisr;-?ms. :-oi<r. Throat. < t?-. iiiickly relieved by Ihntni * Urnttrhin'. 'lYiifhf?.'' 'I'hey .-ii'par.' ;ti o|lie.' preiinra'ions li -cuiorinc. linnv-cii' s. a"<l i> nvh tviv'tt/ arc pre-emiueiii'y /? ' *?'. A crisis has arisen in France, unprecedented since the existence of the present Constitution. "I save 1 $1" is sweet nrr-Ic t > th" lei-baud. | "! ordered fho<e pill-i, plasters and snip, u-iial nrico, obtained I-'cni l?v innil for 51 from A. M ill, Charleston. C." Free cat-ilofii". J Coin weather hns reduced the pressure in I the natural gas fields around Oliua, Ohio, ' r.nd suffering is the result. IS Mother Friend. a scientifically prepai ?every ingredient of re use by the medical pro combined in a manner DO all that is claim shortens Labor, Lessei Life of Mother and Ch Sent by Express on N Book to "Mothers" mailed FRfc ||; Sold by All Cri/||lits. BRADF r.? Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking ! Powder i ELY PURE j The Old String Storj. I j Ex-Speaker Reed has retained an < old-fashioned motlio-.l of reminding < himself of certain things to be dono , daring the day. It it* not uncommon ! to nee him enter tho House of Repre- [ sontntivos with a string tied nround hiR littlo finger. This was tho caso : one morning recently when ho brought with him n white piece of cord tied with ends hanging an inch from tho knot about the littlo finger of his left hand. Newspaper men speculated on what was to bo done during the day. Wliou tho ex-Speaker endeavored to twist the Speaker up in a parliamentary decision during the morning most of them thought that that was what the string meant. The man from Maine, however, did not cut tho cord .off when lie got through that littlo of* fort, so that it is still a mystery. A st>ry is told of Mr. Reed and his peculiar habit. A littlo child of hiH family had playfully attached a string to tho ex-Speaker's linger, as she had often Keen him do in the morning. This was done by tho little one so quietly that it was uunoticcd at the time. Mr. Rood got to the Capitol, and when lie took liis seat he saw the at ring. Then he relapsed into a brown | study. Ife couldn't think what it had been put there for. For f lietirst tiiuo 1 in his life he thought he. was getting j absent-minded and was fearful lest ho I should lenve some important duty undone. The little mischief maker watched for him in the evening and asked liim if h" lnd attended to it. ' ? . i . ? i- on i. . i "tliivc 1 ntieuueu 10 lviiui : jiu inquired. "Oh, I tied the string on bo you would lliink to bring me it box of candy,said the child, and then the cloud was lifted from the mind of the leader of the Uojmbliean party. It is needless to sav th? little girl got the candy. ? Washington News. Enipedocles was culled t lie greatest j of all Greek philosophers, l>ut he couldn't tell where the material went to when lie found a hole in the lieel ol Lis nlucking. ? Detroit Free Press. It will, perhaps, require ft little stretrh of tho imagination on tho port, of the reader to recognize the fact that tho two portraits at tho head of this article are of the fame individual ; and yet. they oro truthful sketches made from photographs, take r only a few months apart, of a very much esteemed citizon of Illinois?Mr. C. II. Harris, whose address is No. 1,623 Second Avenue, Rock I Island, 111. The following extract, from ft letter written by Mr. Harris explains tho marvelous change in his personal appearance He writo3 : " Dr. Pierre's Golden Medical Discovery saved my lifo and has made mo a [ man. My home physician says I nm good for forty years yet. You will remember that 1 was just l>etween life ami death, and all of i iny friends were sure it was a case of death, until I commenced taking ft second bottle or ' Golden Modieal Disooverv,' when I became eblo to sit up and tho cough was very much better, and the bleeding from my lungs Mopped, nnd before 1 had taken six bottles of tho ' Golden Medical Discovery * my cough I ceased and I was a new man and ready for businou. 1 now feci that it is a duty that I owe to ray fellow-men to recommend to thein the j ' Golden Medical Diseoverv ' which saved my [ lifo when doctors and all other medicines failed to do ino any good. I send to you with this letter two of my photographs; one taken a few weeks Ix-fore I i was taken down 6ick in l>od,and tho other | was taken oitor I was well." These two pho! tographa aro faithfully re-produced at tho head of this article. Mr. Harris's experience in tho use of " Golden Medical Discovery" Is not an exceptional or.o. Thousands or eminent, people in all fevrta of the world testify, in just as emphatic anguage, to its marvelous curative powers over all chronic bronchial, throat and lung diseases, chronic nasal catarrh, asthma, ana kindred diseases. ? :i? ii n.u? I uiuiuouv (jujrsiuiaus prwiTHW vjoiaen Medical Discovery" when any of their dear ones' livds or? imperilled by that dread disease, Consumption. Undor such circumstahces only the most reliable remedy would be depended upon. The following letter is to the point. It is from an eminent physician of Stomps, Lafayotto Co., Ark. He says: " Consumption is hereditary in my wife's family : some have already died with the disease. My wife has a sister, Mrs. E. A. Cleary, that was taken with consumption, bhe used Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and, to tbo surprise of her many friends, she got well. My wife has also had hemorrhages from the lungs, and ber sistor insisted on bef using the ' Golden Medical Dis'S? tSl ?9 ? IliPi 8 ped liniment ** :cognired value, and in constant x|| fession. These ingredients are hitherto unknown, and WILL ed for it, AND MORE. It jjgg is Tain, Diminishes Danger to j||j ecelpt of Price, Ji.go per nottle. vjl| | IE, containing voluntary testimonials iSH, IHLD RFOULATOR CO.. Atlanta, (la. | Ss . ' * 3 ?^ ? ' Stockholm Court IJIe, Court life iu Stockholm is roduoed to tlio simplest proportions. Each of the young Swodisli princes is devoted to some special study, and both the King and Queen have always striven to bo their children's chief friends - ?-1 Sinn l'rnneiu/<n P.kron* r*IHI ruUMMfill l o? ;? jl. 1 iiuviuvv vm?v? icle. Tho final reports of the Russian jraiii crops show the increase over last rear to be: Of rye, 210,000,000 bushsis; of oats, 232,000,000 bushels, and >f barley, 50,000,000 bushels. IT AT A TFT FH/TU IY1W IT lJlJUUU Bring* comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who lire better than others and enjoy life more, with leas expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's besi products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to aealth of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleatant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect laxative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevera ana permanently curing constipation. It has pven satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on ihe Kidneys, Liver ar.d Bowels without weakening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs ia for sale by all druggists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup (V.. .ml v. whose name is printed on everv package, also the name, Syrup of Fig*, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. AUKXTS WaSTKD to soil nlliimlt.tim novelties: 1 f..imules, pen hnliler, eoll.ir Iniltnn ami tlil??>>!e r. !th rs!s!'W SS'I ?|K vini tonus ni.nleil for I'e. Itrnnk lyn Novelty t o, lies Mintivu >t.. I'lookl} u, N. Y. eovery.' I consented to her using it, find it cured her. She has lisd no symptoms of eonsumption for the past six years. Teopie having this disease ran tnko ho better remedy." Yours very trulv, From the Buckeye Stale comes the following : "I was pronounced to hnve consumption by two of our lcs' doctors. 1 spent nearly and was no letter. 1 eonelr.ded to try Br. Pierce's tJolden Medical Discovery. I bought and used eight, bottles nud I can now say with truth that 1 feel hist ns well to-day as I did at twenty-ftve. and can do jus'; as good a day's work oh the farm, although I had not done any work for several years." Tntlr vnur frinntl Mr. Dulaney's address is Campbell, Ohio. " I had catarrh in tho head for rears and trouble with my loft lung nt. the same time. You put so milch failli in your remedies that I concluded to try one bottle or two, and I derived much bouoflt. therefrom. I used up three hot ties of Dr. Sage's t'ntnrrh Remedy, five bottles of your "Golden Medical Discovery," and in four months I was myself again. I could not sleep on my left side, and now I can sleep and eat heartily. Go long as I have your medicines on hand I have no need of a doctor ; I do not think my houso in order without them. Yours truly. Morlow, Baldwin Co., Aln. If it would bo any more convincing, we could easily fill the columns of this paper with letters testifying to the euro of the severest diseases of the throat., bronchia and lungs, by the uso of " Golden Medical Discovery.' To build up solid flesh and strength after the grip, pneumonin, (" lung fever "), exhausing fevers, and other prostrating diseases, it has no equal. It does not make flat likcccd liver oil and its nasty compounds, but solid, xrkolesome flesh. A complete treatise on Thro^, Bron-hial, and Lung Diseases ; also including Asthma, and Chronic Nasai Catarrh, and pointing out successful means of homo treatment for these maladies, will bo mailed to any address by the World's Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo, N. Y., on receipt of six cents in sUtfcpo, to pay postage. McELREES' | |WINE OF CARDUI.I 1 ft? a : For FGinaiB Diseases. \ M ? \